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Those look great, nice job!
I have been considering making kydex sheaths for a while. Where did you get the supplies and did you make your own press, or did you buy it? Could you post a pic of the press?
Thanks,

-orangish ducktape
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“Simplicate, and add lightness”
-Colin Chapman
 
I've been thinking about buying some supplies to give kydex making a try, I think I'm going to go with .80 kydex instead of .93, seems easier to work with. What did you use to put the rivets in? I've seen on youtube that there's a tool you hit with a hammer to close them, but it costs like $30.
 
Wow good job guys! I really like that green ancake for the BK 11.

If you have it at the gathering it'd like to check it out.

Jeremy
 
very nice! how about a pancake-style sheath for your cs kukri? and make me one while you're at it :D
 
I keep getting tempted to make some of these... Right now I'm just missing these parts: Drill, drill bits, heat gun/toaster oven, press, foam, rivet gun, rivets and of course kydex.

On second thought, maybe I'll hold off for a while :p.

They look great, and I imagine that you'll save quite a bit over time :).
 
Orangish ducktape,

Knifekits.com
Well the press is in the pic of me lying on th table, It's the board with the bucket on it.
We used a sleeping mat from walmart.
We are building a real press. I'll post pics when done.



Misanthropia said:
I've been thinking about buying some supplies to give kydex making a try, I think I'm going to go with .80 kydex instead of .93, seems easier to work with. What did you use to put the rivets in? I've seen on youtube that there's a tool you hit with a hammer to close them, but it costs like $30.
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$13 at knife kits, it works OK if you take tour time.


JV3 said:
very nice! how about a pancake-style sheath for your cs kukri? and make me one while you're at it :D
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And let you give up that beauty from CS, I don't think so.
If I try one I might just do that.:D

SoldMyHat said:
Pretty good for a first attemp I say.
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Thanks.

GingivitisKahn said:
Wow - nice work!
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Thankyou Sir.

ocnLogan said:
I keep getting tempted to make some of these... Right now I'm just missing these parts: Drill, drill bits, heat gun/toaster oven, press, foam, rivet gun, rivets and of course kydex.

On second thought, maybe I'll hold off for a while :p.

They look great, and I imagine that you'll save quite a bit over time :).
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I don't have anything either I use Angryhippies stuff:D .
 
Good job! I have dabbled a bit here and there, and finally figured out a few things I was doing wrong. Namely, I don't need the heaviest kydex on the planet to make a sheath, and also, I need a means to add more weight to the pressing part. With that decided, I will be ordering an arbor press to hopefully take care of that. Then hopefully I can bust out some things that have been taking far too long to get made.
 
Those are really good first attempts. I threw mine out and had Godspeed make mine!
 
Trialbum obviously has a nice workshop and some very good technical skills. However neither of those two attributes are true for me. This brings me back to my post on the " Kydex sheaths for Beckers ?" thread. Beckers should be sold with stock kydex sheaths.
 
dresnor said:
Wow good job guys! I really like that green ancake for the BK 11.

If you have it at the gathering it'd like to check it out.

Jeremy
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E-mail me.

DerekH said:
Good job! I have dabbled a bit here and there, and finally figured out a few things I was doing wrong. Namely, I don't need the heaviest kydex on the planet to make a sheath, and also, I need a means to add more weight to the pressing part. With that decided, I will be ordering an arbor press to hopefully take care of that. Then hopefully I can bust out some things that have been taking far too long to get made.
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Same things learned.
We (Angryhippie) are building a press.

MyWifeThinksImCrazy said:
Nice work!
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Thanks, that means alot.

mrn8 said:
Those are really good first attempts. I threw mine out and had Godspeed make mine!
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The more I try the better they will get.


Larry Turko said:
Trialbum obviously has a nice workshop and some very good technical skills. However neither of those two attributes are true for me. This brings me back to my post on the " Kydex sheaths for Beckers ?" thread. Beckers should be sold with stock kydex sheaths.
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Angryhippie is howling right now. His shop and a few skills hahaha.
I have a nice workshop but nowhere near that nice, and almost no tech skills, Learned on you-tube and here.
Azwelke and Godspeed do some really nice work, give them all the buisness they can handle.
I would like to see better sheaths but not for the price increase.
 
nice job!!

I use a speed clamp to squeeze the top of the press to the table. the back end is on a door hinge.
Yes, pix would help that description.

0.9 is THICK. I use 0.63 usually (as you know from that little orange neck knife).

try non-square sheath mouths, I dare ya.

-Daizee
 
daizee said:
nice job!!

0.9 is THICK. I use 0.63 usually (as you know from that little orange neck knife).

try non-square sheath mouths, I dare ya.

-Daizee
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.9 is thick.
I think I'll stick with square sheath mouths.
I like more sqaured off sheaths anyway, Just round the corners.
 
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